Why are Maxi cosi so popular?

[2babesmum]

Thinking about a car seat for our baby due in July and am wondering why everyone seems to be using Maxi cosi infant seats? I know they have fixings for bugaboo's but even people without these ppushchairs have them (I work in a children's centre)

Hi
We also have a Besafe Izi Kid rearfacing car seat and our son travels quite happily in it at the age of 30 months, and we have every intention of keeping him rearward till he's at least 5 if not longer. Once we read about the safety benefits there was no other option, even though at the time we had to import the seat from Sweden. Now there are loads of smaller retailers in the UK selling these seats, so if Dorel want to make ridiculous excuses for not doing so, then as far as I see it they are missing out on a great commercial opportunity. It is unfortunate however that major retailers like Mothercare and Halfords don't sell these seats yet (but I bet they will in the next year or so if all the publicity about them keeps increasing).

also dorel i'd like to know if you are in fact going to supply these seats to the uk as reported last year?

By D1974 Wed 10-Mar-10 00:09:34

'they are missing out on a great commercial opportunity'

That's the only relevant thing though. Whether anyone thinks the reasons given by Dorel above are ridiculous or not, it's not a question of 'excuses'. If they wanted to sell the seats here they would do so. The only reason they sell anything is to make money, therefore the only reason they are not selling those seats here is because they haven't been convinced it would make them enough profits to do so.

That's a good enough reason, and actually I don't know why they couldn't say it. All the stuff about cars not big enough, fitting too difficult etc is just likely to get people's back up (see thisisyesterday's last post ), but I think most people understand and will accept that car seat manufacturers are commercial operations not there for the general good, and will choose which products to manufacture and where to sell them based on profits alone.

By D1974 Wed 10-Mar-10 00:09:34

'they are missing out on a great commercial opportunity'

That's the only relevant thing though. Whether anyone thinks the reasons given by Dorel above are ridiculous or not, it's not a question of 'excuses'. If they wanted to sell the seats here they would do so. The only reason they sell anything is to make money, therefore the only reason they are not selling those seats here is because they haven't been convinced it would make them enough profits to do so.

That's a good enough reason, and actually I don't know why they couldn't say it. All the stuff about cars not big enough, fitting too difficult etc is just likely to get people's back up (see thisisyesterday's last post ), but I think most people understand and will accept that car seat manufacturers are commercial operations not there for the general good, and will choose which products to manufacture and where to sell them based on profits alone.

Absolutely flowery! i find the dorel spokesperson's post quite bizarre frankly. It has done more harm than good!

I was discussing why Dorel don't sell the mobi in the UK in RL the other day.
It was suggested that maybe they aren't prepared to pay for the staff training across the UK where they may sell it?

Dorel person - is there a reason why you don't sell it, because there is more and more demand for it.

Lizzzombie the staff were they are 'apparenntly' going to sell it have already had the training and are just waiting on the seats to be delivered although apparently mc won't give them a release date or keep changing it(it was reported last year that they were going to sell it on the rf website). seems the stockist was right and that they don't really want to sell it here. have to say they have missed out! i have spent about £500 so far on 2 rf seats, one for ds and one for a mindee. i would have bought mc as i have always been brand loyal in the past with a rodi, 2 prioris and a cabrio...but no longer!

I just think they are missing a trick so badly.
I have lots of customers ask about them, and don't really know why MC don't supply the Mobi in the UK.

I have too many customers try and buy the XP and similar for babies who are far too little imo also. Which is my major concern. Just today I had a customer who wanted to buy a FF car seat as her 4 month old was "too big" for her infant carrier. She was not too big at all. But it scares me to think people put little babies in FF as they don't know better.

I always recommend this one if people do have unusually large babies.

I run a fitting station here at my own home in Denmark. I have 8 seats on display incl. the Maxi Cosi Mobi.

While fitting a rearfacing stage 1 and 1+2 seat is easy for me, I can see trouble piling up for unkowing parents.

It is my experience that you don´t need a huge car as the seats are all different and need different amount of room front to back. Cars are also different, and so are people. What goes in one car does not go in the next.

It is no secret that these large rearfacing seats need more room front to back than forwardfacing ones. Still that does not exclude the rearfacing ones from small cars. Some of them DO fit nicely in small cars.

Mobi is an excellent seat that I find easy to use and easy to install in cars. But that´s me.

So knowing that these seats offer 5 times better protection in crashes, I have set up this fitting station at my own home, where parents can be introduced to the seats, see them, felle them, let their babies try them and most importantly receive guidance on how to fit them correctly in their own car.

Finding the right spot in the car.
Finding out if it takes too much room front to back.
Finding out if the child likes it or not.
Finding out wether or not a particular seat can be safely installed.

Info on things to look out for regarding correct usage etc.

other dangers in the car such as loose objects, unrestrained cargo in the boot.

And letting the parent install the seat of their choice themselves while receiving the necessary guidance.

These setas need to be professionally fitted the first time.

I think we should all remember that while some of us inhere can install a large rearfacing group 1 and 1+2 seat with ease, we are just a small portion of the total population.

I allways correct the installation of the parents´ current car seat - in most cases and infant carrier. You would not believe what I have seen.!!!! Seats that were supposedly easy to install and piece of cake to me, they managed to get wrong!!

Lena

Honestly I don't get it they don't care about their customers, we had a situation where we complained about their highly confusing naming convention for their products and then they passed all responsibility to retailers and were not willing to escalate complaints. Not an ethical company in my view. I would avoid them!